Name: Erwtensoep (Dutch Pea Soup) (Rotterdam style)
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 3 h
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Dutch
Ingredients: 500g dried green split peas, rinsed; 1 smoked pork hock (or 300g smoked bacon hock); 2 large rookworst (Dutch smoked sausage), or substitute kielbasa; 1 small celeriac (about 400g), peeled and diced; 3 leeks, washed and sliced; 4 celery sticks, sliced; 2 large carrots, diced; 2 onions, chopped; 3 garlic cloves, crushed; 2 bay leaves; 2 tbsp neutral oil; Salt, black pepper; Roggebrood and Dutch mustard, to serve

A thick Dutch split-pea soup with smoked sausage (rookworst), celery, leek, and celeriac. So dense a spoon should stand upright in the bowl unaided.

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Cafe De Pelgrim ★ 4.4

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Delfshaven · Aelbrechtskolk 12, 3024 RE Rotterdam

Delfshaven's historic pub brewery offers hearty Dutch pub food -- erwtensoep, uitsmijter, brewer's boards -- alongside house-brewed Mayflower ales.

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Cafe De Pelgrim ★ 4.4

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